Alarm for guns.



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SIECIFICATION formingpart of Letters PatentNo. 666,372, dated January 22. 11901.

A Application filed October 9, 1900. Serial No. 32,489. (No model.)

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"Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. BA'GGETT, a citizen of the4 United States, residing at San Frapcisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Alarms for Guns,

- dition of guns of the hammerless type. i

The present invention relates more particularly to guns provided with hammers which are cocked by hand or by some actuating mechanism, such as' a lever.

Theinvention is illustrated in connection with a common form of single-barreled rifle,

in which the"l hammer is very small and projects only slightly above the stock. ASuch guns are frequently left cocked throughinadvertence and carried in that dangerous condition.

A further object is to .improve the construction and, ariingement of the operating mechanism for the alarm.`

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure l is` a side elevation of the lstock of a gun, broken away in places to show the parts comprising I my inventi'n. Fig. 2 is a similar view show- -ing a somewhat-modified construction. Fig. 3 is a top plan of the neck of the stock, broken away to show the circuit-breaker.

hammer, the latter being operated by hand in some guns and in others by alever, one common form of which is shown at C. However the hammer is'operated the result, so far asY 'the object and purpose of my invention arepreferably a small dry cell, which is placed in a'r'ecess in the stock,which is normally closed by the end plate E. I prefer also to place the buzzer or other alarm F in a similar recess and to use the plate E as an electrical con-gf;

A represents the stock of a gun, and B theA nection between the buzzer and one side of tue battery, as indicated by the contacts -l and 2.

The other pole of the Abattery is preferably pushed by the en d plate against a spring 3 in the recess, so as to keep the battery in proper position and maintain good contacts. From this'spring a wi re X extends to the interru pter or circuit-breaker Gr, hereinafter described, and thence, as shown at X', to the hammer of the gun, preferably by means of a spring-.con-

tact 4, which permits the hammer to move freely. l The hammer itself is a ci remit-closer when the gun is cocked, and this closing of the circuit can be done in various ways, vsome of which are illustrated in the'drawings'. In

Fig. l a small spring-pressed stud l-I- is c n-r nected by a Wire Y to the buzzer and forms a contact with the hammer When the latter is at full cock. The wire Y is connected to the buzzer in substantially-the same manner that the wire X is connected tothe battery. In

Fig. 2 the stud H is insulated and the Vwires X and Yare connected, respectively, to open contacts .4 and 5,*which are closed when'the.

hammer at full cock presses the stud i'nwardly. The constructions th usfar described will produce a continuous alarm at thebuzzer whenever the gun'is cocked.

The interrupter before referred to is for the purpose of enabling the gunner to silence the alarm by intention when the gun is cocked.

piece; but it can be placed in any other suit# able location. l

I do not limit myself to details of construction shown and described, as I am not aware that anaudible alarm has ever been used in cennection with the hammer of a gun, and I therefore desire to avail myself of such modications of and equivalents for the construc- IOO tions shown as fall properly within the spirit of my invention.

fingr said alarm.

Having thus fully described my invention,

Awhat 'I-claim as neiv, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.` In combination with a gun and a hammer thereof, an audible alarm, and means operated by the actof cooking the gun for sound-l 2. In combination with a gun and avljammer thereof, an audible alarm, means operated by the act of cocking the gun for sounding said alarm, and-means under the control of the 4gunner for-preventing the operation of said alarm.

3. In combination with a gun, an open electrical circuit which includes a battery, an

alarm, and the hammer of the gun, and means for closing; said circuit by theact of moving the hammer tococked position',

.4. In combination with a gun, an open electrical circuit, which lincludes a battery, an

-alarm, the pi'voted hammer of the gun,` and a movable stud operated by thesaid hammer when the latter is cocked, whereby the cir'' cuit is closed.

In combinati-on with the stock of a gun, a battery and an alarm held in said stock, an

end plate for the stock in con-tactxrith said batteryan'd said alarm, an op'en electricalcircuit which includes said end plate,and means for closingsaid circuit byth-aetfofplttinfg the-gun in'conditionfqiring.

6,. In combi'nation'with,the s toc'k'nf 's'g'nn a battery land an--falarmf-reces'sed intosi'd' stock, an end plate for thejstock closin'g'fsaid fis recesses, and forming'a, connection-. 'btfeen` said alarm and said battery, andlfcgnn-ecftions completing 'an 'electrical' -openjciren'it m the means for placing 'thegnnj ihacenditioniqr firing.

7.l In .combination-with theStQkf-faigpn,

a ybattery recessed# into saidfstock ai'1 e'ud includes said bat-tery,'an alarnuandthemeans for placing thefgun in condition for lrin' g .j

natu re, in presen ce of. two witnesses-this 26th' day oli-September, ,1900.4 l' .WILLIAM T'.--'BAGG ET' 1-`.

Witnesses:

L. W. SEELY F., M. BURT. 

